PROBABLY BY MUHAMMAD YUSUF AND NUR MUHAMMAD, SIMLA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1905-1910

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A FINELY CARVED WOOD ARCHITECTURAL OVERMANTEL
PROBABLY BY MUHAMMAD YUSUF AND NUR MUHAMMAD, SIMLA, NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1905-1910
Of shisham wood, in the form of a North Indian Islamic architectural facade, profusely decorated with scrolling floral vines, the pierced jali panels on the balustrade with geometric patterns, the finials repaired
49 1/8 x 58 1/8 x 9in. (125 x 158 x 23cm.)

Provenance

Acquired directly from a descendant of Lieutenant-Colonel Latham Valentine Stewart Blacker OBE (1 October 1887-19 April 1964)

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Lot Essay

This fine architectural overmantel is almost identical to one attributed to Muhammad Yusuf and Nur Muhammad which is now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (IS.79-1977). The V&A example was given to the museum by Sir Geoffrey Ramsden, CIE whose father, Colonel HFS Ramsden CBE, commissioned the piece in Simla in 1905. Muhammad Yusuf and Nur Muhammad were fretworkers, carvers and joiners with premises in Lakkar Bazar in the British hill station of Simla and a shop in Muhalla Ali, Jullundur, Punjab.

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